Clothes-reel



(ModeL) J. H. STUART.

CLOTHES REEL.

' No. 277,171. Patented Mayv8, 1883.

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JOSEPH H. STUART, OF SOUTH PARIS, MAINE.

CLOTHES-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,171, dated May a, 1883.

- Application filed March 15,1883. (Model) reel, first, with sliding arms independent of each other, for strength and support; second,

self-fastening look when the reel is both spread and closed, as represented by cuts in the huh. I attain these objects by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the hub and arms of the reel with one arm spread. Fig. 2 represents the post on which the hub revolves. Fig. 3 represents a side view of the.hub with thecut in it, which forms the lock for the arms when both closed and spread.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is the hub in Fig. l. G is the cut in the hub, bounded by the lettersD M K B,in which cutvtlie arm 0 moves in working the reel, in which cut the shoulders D, M, and B hold the arm 0 in position when open, and D, K, and

13 hold said arm Gin position when closed. 39 D and B are the shoulders which support the arm 0 when open. F is a slot in arm 0, which slides on the screw N when opening and shutting the arm 0. H in Fig. 2 is the post on which the hub A revolves. J in Fig. 2 is the earth-box in which the post H stands, said earth-box being set in the ground.

Fig. 3 represents a view of the out inside of the hub; Said out is bounded by the letters D, M, K, and B, and the letters E and G represent the two looks that hold the arm in position when open or shut. p

In order to operate the reel, take hold of the arm 0 and slide it up the length of the slot F; then swing said arm outward from the hub A until it comes in contact with the shoulders D and B; then slide the arm into the look E, (represented in Fig. 3;) then said arm is spread.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a clothes-drier, the combination of the hub A, provided on each side with the recess Gr, having stops K and M, as described, with arms 0, having slots F, said arms being pivoted to said hub through the slots, as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH HARRY STUART.

Witnesses:

NAPHTALI MASON, ,Vroroa A. GREENLEA'F. 

